Time to pull out the Linuix distro CD. Pull all but one stick of mem, yank the hdds and everything else not 100% needed...and try again under a dif OS. IF it still happens....time to return and replace.

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"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." -JR

“if your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi. But if you enemy has no conscience, like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.” - Dr. MLK jr

Problem is that wont show say an incompatibility with the CPU and mobo....just that the mobo and ram work perfect with your 1055. Honestly, I would be RMA'ing it and not bothering with more work..as its most likely toast....but if you want to be 100% sure (and dont have another mobo to try it on) remove all variables you can. :)

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"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." -JR

“if your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi. But if you enemy has no conscience, like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.” - Dr. MLK jr

For what it's worth, I experienced a lot smoother gameplay coming from a 1055T @3.6GHz. The 8350 at stock speeds was a slight improvement already; at 4.6GHz it made quite a difference for my 7950's crossfire. GW2 became very playable even in wvw.

Like sa seba said, smoother game play. With the 1100T, the odd time I would experience some stuttering, even with decent frame rates. It wasn't enough to worry about and ruin the game play, but it was there. The biggest improvement I noticed was in Far Cry 3. Frame rates are more stable and smoother at higher settings. That's coming from the 1100T at 4.1 GHz and CPU-NB of 3GHz. I have the 8350 at 4.8GHz and 2.6GHz CPU-NB.